On 31.08.21 14:44, Hao Wang wrote:
Thanks for introducing me to the new term Ribbon. Looks like that's what I'm aiming for.
Please keep in mind that a lot of users are very happy with the UI as is, because they know exactly where they can find the features they are looking for.
And they enjoyed this fixed setup for years. So we need to find a solution that works for people that want less Icons and more clicky, or others that want less clicks but more Icons without haveing to much fuzz for everyone.
IMHO the only answer is theming. That mean we need to develop the UI into a theme engine. Plus since I think we should stick with the default we have now, we need a better way to distribute, change Extensions.(A Layout Theme is also some sort of extension.) Plus we need to ensure that Extensions work on all environments (Which is for me: Apple (intel, M1) Windows (XP and later), GTK (on Linux 7 and later, FreeBSD), OS/2. Maybe we should look into our QT UI implementation too -.-).
I am not saying that this is impossible. But I hope you see that is nothing that is around the corner if it is done right. And IMHO LO did something nice but not satisfactory in this regard..
In addition to the UI redesign, is it possible for us to develop a web-page based office suite similar to Google docs or Office 365 ?
This is a very long road. I see open questions towards cooperative work flows that we need to improve. In addition I would look more into a de-central setup, that does not need a Server to work.
If you have interest in O365 or Google like Infrastructure, I would look into OwnCloud or nextCloud. Which are also more of a match to the Cloud competitors in general if you considering that you might want features like Google drive or OneDrive.
Also with Cooperative work, communication, via mail or other protocols is very important, which we currently do not support at all.
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